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LovSan Clone Let Loose
JMullins writes "According to Kaspersky Labs the LovSan virus has been re-released in a new form that has changed the appearance of the worm. It looks like the outbreak continues to get worse and worse, with no real end in sight until people can patch their systems. Net slowdowns are expected over the weekend when both versions of the virus start their attack."
have a nice cold glass of post
It is common knowledge that *BSD is dying, that ever hapless *BSD is mired in an irrecoverable and mortifying tangle of fatal trouble. It is perhaps anybody's guess as to which *BSD is the worst off of an admittedly suffering *BSD community. The numbers continue to decline for *BSD but FreeBSD may be hurting the most. Look at the numbers. The loss of user base for FreeBSD continues in a head spinning downward spiral.
OpenBSD leader Theo states that there are 7000 users of OpenBSD. How many users of BSD are there? Let's see. The number of OpenBSD versus NetBSD posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 NetBSD users. BSD/OS posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of NetBSD posts. Therefore there are about 700 users of BSD/OS. A recent article put FreeBSD at about 80 percent of the *BSD market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 FreeBSD users. This is consistent with the number of FreeBSD Usenet posts.
Due to the troubles of Walnut Creek, abysmal sales and so on, FreeBSD went out of business and was taken over by BSDI who sell another troubled OS. Now BSDI is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another charnel house.
All major marketing surveys show that *BSD has steadily declined in market share. *BSD is extremely sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If *BSD is to survive at all it will be among hobbyist dilettante dabblers. In truth, for all practical purposes *BSD is already dead. It is a dead man walking.
Fact: *BSD is dying
im a lunix hippie and I actually talked to a girl :(
Modding this as troll shows just how insecure slashdot readers are to security problems in OSS.
Idi Amin, the so-called "Butcher of Africa" has come out of his coma, but is now seeking a kidney donation. Amin is currently living via the aid of a haemo-dialysis machine.
Semi-literate boxer turned Ugandan despot and cannibal, under whose reign up to 400,000 people were killed or made to disappear is currently living in secrecy in Saudi Arabia, protected by his entourage. Prior to his 1979 overthrow, Amin forced some 70 thousand Asians in Uganda to leave the country, and abandon their businesses, accelerating chaos.
It was once reported that Amin eats 40 oranges a day, to "keep up his sex power." It is still uncertain whether he will be allowed to be buried in Uganda.
It is quite ironic that this man who once relished torture and death now faces his own. If he had only had the foresight to not kill as many people, he might not have had to face such a difficulty in finding a donor. Alas, hindsight it 20/20. Please consider that since his exile however, Amin has converted to Islam. Remember that Allah forgives, and please consider donating one of your kidneys to this very large mass-murderer today!
Fact: Idi Amin needs a kidney.
I told you, I only use Microsoft, and cock-smoking is free where I come from(San Francisco).
This all gives me a buzz. I think I am quite sad. Maybe pathetic is a better word.
How was the parent flamebait? The BMFH strikes again.
Cool! I remember when before they implemented that. I used to come to /. and trolls would load up shit that was hundreds of characters wide and would trash everything everyone did.
It really, really sucked. I'm glad they fixed it. I wasn't aware of why the spaces were there but now I know, thanks!
+5 informative..